# Greater Tacoma Convention Center

Tacoma's city-owned convention center on Commerce Street, with a 50,000-square-foot column-free exhibition hall and 119,000 square feet of event space in all.

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Section: places
Area: Downtown
Published: 2026-10-28
Last fact check: 2026-10-28
Status: Not marked closed; check official information
Location: Downtown Tacoma, Commerce Street
Address: 1500 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA, 98402, US
Price: Varies by event. Check each event's listing for tickets.
Official information: https://tacomaconventioncenter.org/
Phone: 253-830-6601
Event hours: Set by each event.

The Greater Tacoma Convention Center is the city-owned convention center on Commerce Street downtown. It has 119,000 square feet of event space.

## The big room

The center's exhibition hall is 50,000 square feet with no interior columns. Halls A and B together seat 4,250 theater-style or 2,520 at rounds, according to the center's floor-plan page. That page says these figures are a guide and can drop with A/V, stage and food setups.

## Practical

The address is 1500 Commerce St, Tacoma 98402, and the phone is 253-830-6601. The ballroom and meeting space adds 25,000 square feet, and the center lists more than 42,000 square feet of other event space. Check each event's listing for tickets and times.

## Nearby

Also downtown: the [Pantages Theater](https://tacomairl.com/places/pantages-theater/) for a show, and the [Museum of Glass](https://tacomairl.com/places/museum-of-glass/) and [Washington State History Museum](https://tacomairl.com/places/washington-state-history-museum/) for a daytime stop.

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Alt: The glass front of a convention center, with white angled louvers above the entrance and a blue-and-white Tacoma Link streetcar passing on the street.
Image credit: Photo: Steve Morgan
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## Sources

- [Greater Tacoma Convention Center: home page (address, phone, 119,000 square feet, owned by the City of Tacoma)](https://tacomaconventioncenter.org/)
- [Greater Tacoma Convention Center: about (column-free exhibition hall, ballroom and meeting space, additional event space)](https://tacomaconventioncenter.org/about/)
- [Greater Tacoma Convention Center: floor plan and capacities (theater and round seating for Halls A and B)](https://tacomaconventioncenter.org/floor-plan-capacities)